Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment, &c — See above on Proverbs 10:2.
Is more acceptable than sacrifice. — See above on 15:8.
To do justice and judgment, &c — See above on Proverbs 10:2.
Is more acceptable than sacrifice. — See above on 15:8.
Verse Proverbs 21:3. _TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT_] The words of Samuel to Saul. 1 Samuel 15:23....
Compare the marginal reference. The words have a special significance as coming from the king who had built the temple, and had offered sacrifices that could not be numbered for multitude” 1 Kings 8:5...
CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turne...
PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4....
JUSTICE. righteousness. MORE ACCEPTABLE, &C. Illustrations: Saul (1 Samuel 13:10; 1 Samuel 15:22); Israel (Jeremiah 7:22;...
Comp. 1 Samuel 15:22; Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:6-8....
CHAPTER 21 TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10 1. The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses: He turneth it whithersoever he will. 2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jeho...
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT (IS) MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD THAN SACRIFICE. Moral precepts are the end, positive precepts a...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
Two men, called Cain and Abel, gave gifts to God. God did not accept Cain’s gift, so Cain was angry. God warned Cain, ‘Do the things that are right! Then I (God) will accept you. But if you do wrong t...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 21 V1 A king is like a canal that God controls. God leads the king in the way that God decides....
עֲ֭שֹׂה צְדָקָ֣ה וּ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט נִבְחָ֖ר לַ יה
CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb in...
Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
_Mercy. Septuagint, "justice and truth." (Haydock) See Osee vi. 6. (Menochius)_...
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT,.... The moral duties of religion, what is holy, just, and good, which the law requires; what is agreeably to both tables, piety towards God, and justice to men; that which...
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Ver. 3. _Is more acceptable to the Lord._] _Qui non vult ex rapina holocaustum,_ as heathens could see and say by the light...
_Every way of a man_, &c. See on Proverbs 16:2, where this same thing was declared. _To do justice and judgment_ The conscientious performance of all our duties to men; _is more acceptable to the Lord...
V. 3. TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT, to exercise the principles of righteousness and justice in all our dealings, IS MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD THAN SACRIFICE, for all outward acts of worship are hollow...
JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT; the conscientious performance of all our duties to men. THAN SACRIFICE; than the most costly outward services offered to God, joined with the neglect of our moral duties to God o...
Proverbs 21:3 do H6213 (H8800) righteousness H6666 justice H4941 acceptable H977 (H8737) LORD H3068 sacrifice H2077
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find righteousness, honor and life. KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5). STRONG VERSES: P...
Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
_To do Justice and Judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice._ CEREMONIAL AND MORAL DUTIES This text is a complete and independent sentence. Confirm the proposition deduced from the tex...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:1 Like Proverbs 20:22, this section has three proverbs on divine judgment followed by a fourth proverb that is related but does not explicitly mention the Lord. God
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:3_ THE MORE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE I. THE SACRIFICES OF THE MOSAIC LAW WERE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD AS CEREMONIAL SIGNS. They were instituted by God, and therefore He expected...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 21:1 THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31. Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
1 Samuel 15:22; Hosea 6:6; Isaiah 1:11; Jeremiah 7:21; Micah 6:6;...